Ancient population · Iron Age
Cimmerian (Iron Age, Moldova) · MDA_Cimmerian
MDA_Cimmerian
Cimmerian (Iron Age, Moldova) · MDA_Cimmerian is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (MDA_Cimmerian), with 1 sample from Slobozia, Moldova, dated to about 923 BCE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to Cimmerian (Iron Age, Moldova) · Moldova_Cimmerian, Xinjiang Caishichang (Iron Age, China) and Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan); the nearest living populations are Besermyan, Tatar Kazan and Tatar Lipka.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup Q1a; its mtDNA haplogroup is C5c.
- Period
- Iron Age
- Date
- about 923 BCE
- Country
- Moldova
- Origin
- Slobozia, Moldova
- Sampled near
- Hlinaia-Sad 46.67, 29.80
- Samples
- 1
- Published in
- KrzewińskaGötherströmSciAdv2018
- Catalogue
MDA_Cimmerian
Nearest populations
Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cimmerian (Iron Age, Moldova) · Moldova_CimmerianMoldova_Cimmerian | 2.34 |
| 2 | Xinjiang Caishichang (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Caishichang_IA | 3.50 |
| 3 | Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA | 3.50 |
| 4 | Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka | 3.53 |
| 5 | Xinjiang Kuokesuxi (Early Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Kuokesuxi_EIA | 3.57 |
| 6 | Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible | 3.66 |
| 7 | Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_ShanSaka_Tian_Shan | 3.77 |
| 8 | Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA | 3.77 |
| 9 | Xinjiang Wuzan (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wuzan_IA | 3.81 |
| 10 | Xinjiang Simutasi (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Simutasi_IA | 3.82 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BesermyanBesermyan | 5.88 |
| 2 | Tatar KazanTatar_Kazan | 5.97 |
| 3 | Tatar LipkaTatar_Lipka | 6.23 |
| 4 | UdmurtUdmurt | 6.93 |
| 5 | Tajik Tajikistan HisorTajik_Tajikistan_Hisor | 8.14 |
| 6 | Tatar Crimean steppeTatar_Crimean_steppe | 8.20 |
| 7 | Tatar MisharTatar_Mishar | 8.51 |
| 8 | KomiKomi | 8.69 |
| 9 | Tajik Tajikistan AyniTajik_Tajikistan_Ayni | 8.71 |
| 10 | TajikTajik | 8.77 |
Haplogroups
Individuals 3
The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average. Sex, date, site and haplogroups are from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource; Y-DNA calls are mostly automatic, from the shown terminal SNP.